CVE-2013-6438

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 18 Mar 2014, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 17:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
39.56% HIGH
40% probability -7.58%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Mar 2014, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 17:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 does not properly remove whitespace characters from CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV WRITE request.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 39.56%• Percentile: 97%

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•HTTP Server

    ≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.27 | ≥ 2.4.1, < 2.4.9

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 12.10 | 13.10

  • oracle•http_server

    10.1.3.5.0 | 11.1.1.7.0 | 12.1.2.0 | 12.1.3.0

References (48)